My friend Rohn Strong has written a book about knitting in WWI and WWII. The book includes historical essays, personal stories, and 19 gorgeous patterns. Here Rohn and I talk about the book, knitting, and history (what else!). Enjoy.
Is your knitting a hobby, business, or clothes you make for your family? Do you have a hobby? Some of the most common hobbies include reading, cooking, exercising and watching TV, butthere’s also military re-enacting, geocaching and cigar band collecting. “Hobbies are what people do when no one is telling them what to do,” […]
The Norwegian sweaters we think of today — with snowflake motifs and lice patterning — originated in the Setesdal region of Norway.
You’ll find a lot of information about charting in Stories In Stitches™ 1 and 2, but not a dogmatic attachment to charts. Why is that? To be honest, I (Donna) do have a pretty dogmatic attachment to charts. But Ava does not, and she most often knits from vintage patterns that were written out in line-by-line text without any charts, sometimes without even a picture of the finished object!
All dichotomies are false. There I’ve said it. I was already thinking about the number two yesterday, when I stumbled onto this tweet: Young vs. old, male vs. female, intuition vs. intellect – Susan Sontag on how stereotypes and polarities imprison us j.mp/18iK65H Which leads to: Two Reasons I Don’t Care if Men Knit 1 […]
In Stories In Stitches™ 2, Ava and I featured some amazing knitted samplers, all of which are lace. But samplers can be made in texture stitches too, and even in color. Look at this amazing knitted sampler from Estonia: This sampler is in the Estonian National Museum. (Of course as soon as I post this, […]
I don’t like the number two. 2. It looks like such an innocuous, even innocent, number. But looks can be deceiving. I’ve recently gained enough weight for the number I see when I look down while I’m standing on the bathroom scale to begin with a two. I’ve never weighed 200 pounds before. I’ve always […]
Are you ready to talk about knitted samplers? That’s the subject of Stories In Stitches™ 2, as well as the topic of the month for my blog. There’s only so much you can fit into a book and there are always interesting bits that get left out because of time or page count or money […]
Here is a list of knitting books by authors other than me that can take you on an armchair tour of the world. Even if you don’t plant to knit lace in all of these styles, you will enjoy the history and stories about the knitters and their traditions. They’re not all in English, but they all include lots of photos and charts.
Found this article about deodorizing your yarn. Has some great info and how to’s.